Thursday, 6 October 2011

WHO IS THIS BOY?

Learning Intentions - we will be learning...
To ask questions
To research
To construct a biography
To empathise and have an awareness of different situations

Success Criteria - what we need to do to achieve...
1. To understand different situations from different people.
2. To find relevant and detailed information that is reliable.
3. To be able to scan read and select and summarize the info.

 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
- Who is he?Iqbal Masih was boy from Muridke, Pakistan. who was forced to work at a carpet factory at the aged of 4. And he wanted to stop child labour.
- Who was his master/mistress?
His boss, Arshad
- Why did he die?
He got assassinated because he stood up for himself
- Why do we need to know about him?
We need to know about him because he helped an organization that protects children against child labour when he escaped from the factory that he was locked in.
We need to know about him because he helped an organization that protects children against child labour when he escaped from the factory that he was locked in.
- When was he born?
He was born on 1983.
- When did it happened?
It happened when he was only 10 years old.
- When did he die?
He died in 1995. he got shot at the back on his way back to church.
- Where is he from?
Pakistan
- Where DID he live?
Muridke
- Where does he live?
His grave is in Pakistan.
- Where are his parents?
His father left when he was very young. His mother or father sold him when he was only four (we don’t have enough proof which parent sold him).
- How is he famous?
He joined the Bonded Labor Liberation Front of Pakistan (BLLF) to help stop child labour all around the world at the age of 10.
- How old is he?
He was 12 years old when he died. He would be 29 years old this year if he didn't get assassinated.
- How did it affect him?
At the age of 12, he looked much younger than all the other twelve years old because of a lack of proper nutrition and years working in front of a loom.
- How did he die?
He got shot in the back.
- What does he do?
HE WORKED IN A CARPET FACTORY.
- What happened to his parents?
THEY SOLD HIM ONLY AT THE AGE OF FOUR TO A CARPET FACTORY.
- What’s his parents name?
Father: Saif Masih and Inayat Masih
- What happened to him?
Iqbal was sold to a man at a carpet factory at the age of four for the price of $12 USD. He escaped and helped an organisation raise awareness about child labour and helped free more than 3000 Pakistani children. He was assassinated walking back from church at the age of only12.
- What rights were taken away?
The right to freedom.
The right to be equal.
The right to clean food and water.
The right to develop and grow up mentally and phisically in a healthy way.
The right to be cared for.
The right to get help first.
The right not to be exploited.
The right to go to school.
The right to be loved.

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